Embankment

Embankment is a railway stop in Westminster, Greater London, England. Embankment is situated nearby to the theater building Playhouse Theatre, as well as near the railway station London Charing Cross.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and London Charing Cross.

Leicester Square

Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

London Charing Cross

Railway station

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Charing Cross railway station is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells. London Charing Cross is situated 370 feet west of Embankment.

London Eye

Ferris wheel

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with more than three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,500 feet south of Embankment.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and South Bank.

Covent Garden

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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

South Bank

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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

Whitehall

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.

Embankment

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50724° or 51° 30′ 26″ north

Longitude

-0.12214° or 0° 7′ 20″ west

Operator

London Underground

Open location code

9C3XGV4H+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1781591240

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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